Trade push aims to bridge Islamic finance’s regional rivalries

Arshad Khan, the chief of the Bahrain Financial Exchange, had envisaged a global Islamic trading platform when he set out to work with Malaysia’s stock exchange earlier this year. Though the talks fell through, Khan thinks there is still the possibility of partnerships in the future, including the planned commodity murabaha platform.
This reflects a desire to collaborate that could help close an age-old divide between the two regions which has impeded the growth of Islamic finance………………………………………..Full Article: Source